Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
STATE NEWS.

Oh. OHAhLEo ORUlL, b prominent
physician of Avoca, has been placed
under arrest, charged with causing
the death of his wife. Itappears that
his wife died rather suddenly, and un-
der such circumstances that an in
vestigation was ordered. Powders
which the doctor had prescribed for
the patient were analysed and it is
claimed poison was discovered. Mrs.
Bruil was insured for $1O,OOOin favor
OF her husband. The body will be ex-
humed and post mortem examina.
tiOn made.
A BIG strike of hematite ore is re-
Butternut, which assays 80 per cent.
AT Eau Claire Currie Hendricks
jumped from one train and was struck
by another, receiving injuries from
which he died.
THE steamer Andy Belling was
slightly damaged by fire at La
Crosse.
THERE were 2O2 cases of diphtheria
in La Crosse during the month of
March.
JOSIAH BETz, the man said to have
six wives, has been held to trial at La
Crosse on g. charge of bigamy.
SAMUEL BUCKET died at Linden
from injuries inflicted upon his person
by himself while suffering temporary
insanity.
A SHARPER claiming to hail from
ST. Paul and giving his name as G. FL.
Stewart, swindled each of forty la
ho NT& 81 II
had advertised for fifty laborers at
$1.75 day, and had collected ST.
from each of the applicants, when =
disappeared.
MARIA JAMES, wife of Charles James,
the anarchist alderman of Eau Claire,
has secured divorce on the ground
of failure to support.
THREE hundred and twenty-five
woodsmer attended a reception given
at Eau Claire by the Young Mems
Christian Association.
THE fsn commissioner at Madison
has received 5000 eggs of the Brown
trout of Germany.
A 3-YEAR-OLD child of Mr.. and Mrs
Michael Cichacki, who reside on Grove
Street, Milwaukee, was shockingly and,
it ls thought, fatally scalded on the
LIST inst. The little victim and an old
er brother were engaged in play at the
time of the occurrence, when the latter
accidentally tipped over the stove,
which in turn overturned a. kettle of
boiling water over the younger child.
1t is believed the child cannot recover.
A BOX factory, using 100000 feet
of lumber annually, will be started at
La Crosse.
THE ice in Black river has moved
out at Eau Claire.
THE city of La Crosse receives $685.
600 annually from licenses.
ANOTHER railway survey is being
made throught the western suburb
Madison.
THE government Inspector of mill
tary schools will inspect the State Uni
versity battalion on Or about May /.
MRS. PETER De CAMP and son, of
Union, Door County, narrowly escaped
drowning by breaking through the ice
on which they were driving.
S. AND J. ALLEY, of Fort Madison,
Ia, have bought the Polley's saw
mill property on French Island, near
La Crosse, from r. 81. Henderson.
They intend to rebuild the mill.
WILLIAM GERKE, employed in the
carpenter shop at the State Univer-
eity, at Madison, got the palm of his
LETT hand all torn to pieces by q circu-
lar saw. It is feared that the fingers
will have to be amputated.
ABOUT o'clock on the morning of
the 31st, an engine belonging to the
North Chicago Rolling Mill Company
ran through a switch at the mills of
the company at Bay View and wrecked
the shipping office of the company.
BURKE FAIRCHLD, the Dodgeville
wife-murderer, convicted of man
slaughter, was, on the 31st, sentenced
to five years imprisonment at hard
labor, the first day to be in solitary
confinement.
THE Governor has signed the bill re-
ducing the number of aldermen in
each ward in the city Of Milwaukee to
two.
THREE masked men made an unsuc-
cessful attempt to rob the residence of
James Ellison. of EauClaire.
WILLIAM NICHOLS, or Eau Claire, has
been notified that pension for which
he made application eleven years ago
has been allowed.
The headquarters of the Wisconsin
Department, Grand Army of the Re
public, at Eau Claire, have been form
ally inspected by Assistant National
Inspector General Bennett.
JOHN MCDONALD is in the hospital
at Eau Claire, suffering from double
fracture OF one of his thighs, g. severe
scalp wound, and other injuries re-
ceived in q fall from railroad bridge
across the Chippewa River near Flam-
beau.
JOHN D. LAwLER, formerly of this
state, is prominently mentioned for
the treasurership of Dakota.
CAPT. HANS NELSON, of Racine, who
has been confined in the county jail
since last December on g. charge of
ENLIGHTENMENT, was released from Gus
tody, the district attorney having
entered nolle.
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